Concept information
Preferred term
Spindle-whorls
Definition
- Small flywheels on hand-held spindles, or on the spindle of a spinning wheel; early versions composed of a perforated disk of clay, stone, wood or other material, and gave momentum and steadiness to the rotating spindle
Entry terms
- SPINDLE WHARVES
- SPINDLE WHORLS
- SPINNING STONES
- STONES, SPINNING
- Wharves, spindle
- Whorls, spindle
Notation
- 112039
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-B99W28KR-G
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